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Nsfs2 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Have, will have . going to have

Hi,

1# We have a party next week. Would you like to come?
Would it be correct to use 'have'in the simple present in the above sentence instead of the future 'going to have' or 'will have'? How would the meaning change?

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We're having a party next week. This normally suggests that everything has already been arranged. We're going to have a party next week is also possible, with a similar meaning, but it might imply that there are still some minor arrangements to be made.

— Ozzourti

  • We're having a party next week.
  • This normally suggests that everything has already been arranged.
  • We're going to have a party next week is also possible, with a similar meaning, but it might imply that there are still some minor arrangements to be made.
  • We will have a party next week.
  • This is a simple statement about the future.
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We're having a party next week. This normally suggests that everything has already been arranged.

We're going to have a party next week is also possible, with a similar meaning, but it might imply that there are still some minor arrangements to be made.

We will have a party next week. This is a simple statement about the future.

We have a party ne
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ozzourtiWe have a party next week is not something I would use in this context. It doesn't sound natural to me.
It's just about possible if, for example, a functions organiser is speaking of a scheduled event, but I agree that it doesn't sound natural in most contexts.
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Yes, you would need to invent an exceptional context to make it work.
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